The presenter gave a short speech after the credits rolled on the ITV show.

Declan Donnelly may not have mentioned Ant McPartlin during last night’s (7 April) ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ finale, but when the cameras stopped rolling, he called for the audience to applaud his pal.

For the grand finale, ITV took ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ and its audience to Florida’s Universal Studios. Dec wasn’t totally alone though, as he jetted out with Stephen Mulhern and Scarlett Moffatt, who were on hand to help with presenting duties.

ITV
Dec, Scarlett and Stephen ahead of the show

Viewers here in the UK didn’t see Dec’s tribute to his friend when the live show aired, but one member of the studio audience filmed the speech he gave after the credits had rolled: